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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICEe CHARLES O. MOORE, OE NEYV YORK, N. Y.

BLOTTER.

To all Iwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. MOORE, of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful lmproveinenton aBlotter; and I do hereby declare that the followin g is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the saine, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal elevation. Fig. 2 is a top View.

rlhe nature ot' my invention consists in providin g two plates of wood or other suitable in aterial, A B, of a convenient length and width, to be placed one above the other, and to be attached to each other by means of a handle or knob, C, in which there is a screw, c, that passes through a holein the upper plate, B, and fastens into the lowerplate, A, by means ot' a thread, ce, out for the purpose. The lower or under plate, A, if preferred the lower side or face of which, is rounded, formin g the arc of a circle, around which is applied the pieces of blotting-paper D D D, the ends being coniined'or fastened between the two plates A B by means of the screw c passing through the plate B, being` secured to the plate A by means of the thread e e.

The rounded shape ofthe lower plate, A, gives the paper a circling form that insures a oertainty of adapting itself to the surface of the paper to which it is applied, thus remedying the difficulty that is generally experienced in blotting upon large books that yield or spring from pressure.

By means of my invention a convenient amount of blotting-paper can easily and neatly be kept at hand, and much economy practiced by using a light qualityof paper and turn ing it, which without my invention would be too frail for ordinary use, but which will absorb equally as much ink as a thicker and more costly article, the whole being readily taken out and replaced with new when soiled.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Two rounded, oval, or flat plates, A B, of any suitable material, secured together by the knob O c, or its equivalent, substantially as herein described, and for the purpose specified.

CHARLES O. MOORE.

Witnesses:

WM. B. SHEDD, E. C. HAERINGTON. 

